WWIII: South China Sea

THUNDER ON THE RIMOn the South China Sea an oil rig erupts in flamesas AK-47 tracer rounds stitch the night and men die in pools of blood. The SOSUS underwater network catapults news of the attack to Washingtonwhile ChiCom troops mass on the Vietnamese border.Ten divisions of Chinese shock troops blast their way south, overrunning the

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THUNDER ON THE RIMOn the South China Sea an oil rig erupts in flamesas AK-47 tracer rounds stitch the night and men die in pools of blood. The SOSUS underwater network catapults news of the attack to Washingtonwhile ChiCom troops mass on the Vietnamese border.Ten divisions of Chinese shock troops blast their way south, overrunning the U.S.-U.N-led Emergency Response Force. But the West's best warriors fight back. U.S. Special Forces, British SAS, and the legendary Gurkhas, their Kukri knives drawn, go toe-to-toe with the invaders. Tomcats and F-18s pulverize the jungle. And the Military Sealift Command hurls Aegis cruisers and Wasp-Iwo Jima, and Spruance-class attack shipsspearheaded by Sea Wolf subsinto the South China Sea. From Japan to Malaysia, the Pacific Rim is ablazein a hell called . . . WORLD WAR III

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